Americans can travel almost anywhere they choose. But to protect (保护) its people, the government lists a few dangerous places where Americans cannot go. These places are unfriendly countries or countries at war. There, the travelers might not be safe. These countries are listed in a small book called a passport (护照).

This passport is for the safety of its traveling people. It is also a government’s pledge (保证) that the people will follow the rules of the host country. To receive a passport from the government, a traveler must show that he is an American citizen (公民). An American cannot go abroad without a passport. Only the close countries such as Canada and Mexico do not ask for passports. The traveler’s picture is inside the passport. Children traveling with their parents are also in one parent’s book.

Thousands of people from the United States visit other countries every year. An American traveler might carry plane tickets, money, clothing and many other things. But the most important thing that he carries in another country is his passport.

1.Why does a traveler need a passport?

    A. It helps to protect the people.              B. It helps to know where he will go.

    C. He needs to take pictures often.             D. He needs to carry more when he travels.

2.A passport is not needed when an American goes to       .

    A. European countries   B. Dangerous areas      C. Canada or Mexico D. Russia and China

3.We believe       .

    A. some countries don’t ask for passports       B. people should look after their passports

    C. money is more important than a passport      D. children are never in a passport

4.We can know from the text that       .

    A. Americans travel abroad a lot                B. a traveler is not safe in most countries

    C. children can’t travel abroad             D. Americans abroad only need a passport

Are you carrying too much on your back at school? I’m sure lots of children of your age will, say "Yes". Not only the students in China have this problem, but children in the United States also have heavy school bags.
Doctors are starting to worry that younger and younger students are having back and neck problems as a result of schools bags being too heavy for them.
"It’s hard for me to go upstairs with my bag because it’s so heavy, "said Rick Hammond, an 11-year-old student in the US.
Rick is among students who have common school bags with two straps(带子) to carry them, but many other students choose rolling(有滚轮的)bags.
But even with rolling bags, getting up stairs and buses is still a problem for children. Many of them have hurt their backs and necks because of the heavy school bags.
But how much is too much? Doctors say students should carry no more than 10% to 15% of their own body weight(重量).
Scott Bautch, a back doctor, said children under Grade 4 should stay with 10 % . But it is also important that older children don’t stay with over 15 %, because their bodies are still growing. "Children are losing their balance(平衡) and falling down with their school bags, "he said.
Parents and teachers are starting to tell children to only take home library books they will be reading that night. Some teachers are using pieces of paper or thin workbooks for students to take home.
One of the best answers is, as some children said, to have no homework at all!
【小题1】 From the passage we can know that      .

1.The kangaroo lives in Australia and eat grass and       .

2.Although the little girl         at the age of 10, she studied English by herself t home.

3. She closed the door           because the baby was sleeping in the room.

4. No student          this kind of computer games.

5.My aunt has moved to London, but she calls us             .

6.I                       my old friend last Sunday when I was walking in the park.

7.The main land             thousands of small island, and it is very beautiful.

8.He went o with his work                the heavy rain.

9.Many new schools                   already in Wenchuan.

10.William Shakespear became a                  actor and wrote many great plays.

Are you carrying too much on your back at school? I’m sure lots of children of your age will say “Yes”. Not only the students in China have this problem, but children in the United States also have heavy school bags.
Doctors are starting to worry about young students’ back and neck because their school bags are too heavy for them.
“It’s hard for me to go upstairs with my heavy bag,” said Rick Hammond, an ll-year-old student in the USA.
Rick is among students who have school bags with two straps(带子),and many other students choose rolling(有滚轮的) bags.
But even with rolling bags ,getting upstairs is still a problem for children .Doctors say students should carry no more than 10% to 15% of their own body weight (重量)。
Scott Bautch, a back doctor, said children under Grade 4 should carry no more than 10% of their weight and older children shouldn’t stay with over 15% , because their bodies are still growing.
Teachers and parents should do some things to help children. And the best answer is to have less homework!
【小题1】From the passage we cam know that        .

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Jia Meng used to keep a diary in Chinese. But one year a__1__, the 14-year-old girl from Hei Longjiang began to write her diary in E__2__, because Jia found her mother was reading her diary secretly. She changed the language because her mother can’t read English. “It’s like killing two birds with one stone.” said Jia, “My privacy (隐私) became safe and my English improves a lot.”

Jia’s mother is not the o__3__ mom who reads her child’s diary. Recently, Renmin University of China had a national survey among over 2, 3000 parents. The results s_4__that 40% of parents read their children’s secrets. That’s why, like Jia, many teenagers try to find ways to protect their privacy.

Wu Lei, 15, of Shanxi, keeps a diary, too. But he doesn’t write them on the paper. He writes o__5__ which he thinks is perfectly safe because his parents “know n__6__ about the Internet.”

Lu Huan, 13, of Guangdong, said her parents always secretly listened to the talk b__7__ her friends and her on the telephone in their room. To solve this p__8__, Lu asked her parents to buy her a mobile phone.

“Parents want to know what is going on in their children’s l__9__,” said Shao Xiazhen, a teenage expert in Beijing. “ But sometimes they go about it the wrong way.” Shao suggested to teenagers that instead of hiding their secrets, t__10__ to parents is a better solution. “If your parents know that you are safe, they’ll let you keep your secrets.”